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1、1NorthCarolinaARCAnnualStrategyStatementInaccordancewithSection5.3oftheAppalachianRegionalCommission(ARC)Code,thisdocumentservesasNorthCarolina’sARCAnnualStrategyStatementforFiscalYear2017(October1,2016–September30,2017).ThepurposeoftheStrategyStatementistoestablish
2、aprocesstosetforthgoals,objectives,priorities,andpoliciesforNorthCarolina’sARCcounties.ImplementationoftheStrategywillcontinuetomeetthediverseandshiftingneedsofARCcountiesinNorthCarolinabytargetingresourcestoassistinmeetingthoseneeds.The2017StrategyStatement:1.Discu
3、ssestheeconomicchallengesandopportunities,aswellasnewdevelopmentsandresources,thatareimpactingthestate’sAppalachiancounties;2.Providesanoverviewoftargetedinvestmentprioritiesfortheprogramyear;3.Laysoutspecificstatestrategiesforthestate’sDistressedCounties;4.Setsfort
4、hthestateoperatingprogrampolicies;and5.DescribesthemethodsusedtoreviewproposalstoensureanequitableallocationofstatecontributionsforprojectsinitsAppalachianarea.GovernorPatMcCroryservesasNorthCarolina’sCommissionmember;Dr.PatriciaMitchell,AssistantSecretaryforRuralDe
5、velopment,servesashisAlternate.TheNorthCarolinaDepartmentofCommerceisresponsiblefortheadministrationoftheNorthCarolinaARCProgram.TheAppalachianregionofNorthCarolinaconsistsoftwenty-ninecounties:Alexander,Alleghany,Ashe,Avery,Buncombe,Burke,Caldwell,Cherokee,Clay,Dav
6、ie,Forsyth,Graham,Haywood,Henderson,Jackson,Macon,Madison,McDowell,Mitchell,Polk,Rutherford,Stokes,Surry,Swain,Transylvania,Watauga,Wilkes,Yadkin,andYancey.1TheRegion’ssixLocalDevelopmentDistricts(LDDs)andvariousstateandfederalagenciesassistNorthCarolina’sARCProgram
7、withprojectdevelopment.TheLocalDevelopmentDistrictsare:SouthwesternCommission(RegionA):Cherokee,Clay,Graham,Haywood,Jackson,Macon,andSwaincounties;Land-of-SkyRegionalCouncil(RegionB):Buncombe,Henderson,Madison,andTransylvaniacounties;IsothermalPlanning&Developmen
8、tCommission(RegionC):McDowell,Polk,andRutherfordcounties;HighCountryCouncilofGovernments(RegionD):Alleghany,Ashe,Avery,Mitchell,Watauga,W
